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The comb jelly, aka comb jellyfish, is the largest species of jellyfish-like creatures that utilizes cilia to swim. These cilia are typically referred to as combs. While they possess the name jelly, they aren’t true jellyfish. There are 208 known species of Comb Jellies, in 66 genera, and 31 families. […]

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